lured back in by a kind little bird, and Soulhuntre has done exemplary in his posts, so all I have to add is this: Windows 98 is no longer supported by Microsoft. This Summer, Windows ME will cease to be supported. This means that companies which make software for those platforms cannot get any kind of support from MS in ensuring further compatibility and in making bugfixes -- somethign MS does for free for many companies at this time with products they do support. Once the support life ends, the software is dead. Dead as a doornail. Supporting it is a waste of time, effort, and resources from a business perspective, as it's very much like throwing good money after bad. And I am glad I did leave the thread -- I missed the post above my last one, and had I been here for the following, I would have been Troll baiting. Much rather spend my time working to help folks enjoy the software.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)